Artefact: Bance Island, Sierra Leone This is a watercolour drawing of about 1805. It shows the slave fort on Bance Island at the mouth of the Sierra Leone River in West Africa.
Artefact: De This photograph was taken in about 1900, over 60 years after slavery was abolished in the British Empire, and 35 years after it ended in the United States.
Artefact: HM Brig 'Acorn', 16 guns, in chase of the piratical slaver 'Gabriel', 1841 The 'Acorn' was launched in November 1838 and in 1839 sailed from Plymouth for anti-slavery operations.
Artefact: Anti-Slavery Jasperware Medallion This is an anti-slavery ceramic black and white Jasperware medallion, produced by Josiah Wedgwood in 1786.
Artefact: Newly released captives on board HMS London This photograph shows a group of kidnapped African people who have been released by the Royal Navy in 1882.
Artefact: 'Slavery in Zanzibar', about 1890 This is a photograph taken by a missionary and made into a glass lantern slide.
Artefact: Sugar-cane cutters in Jamaica, Caribbean This photograph shows workers cutting cane in about 1880.
Artefact: Gravestones of Scipio Africanus (Copy) Scipio Africanus the name of a celebrated Roman general, was also that given to a young African servant buried in Henbury, Bristol, in 1720.
Artefact: Tea bowl and saucer, and coffee cup, about 1760 These pieces of Worcester porcelain are decorated with similar versions of a tea-party design, showing a couple taking tea served by a black servant.